The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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